MaxMalmgren
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A few weeks ago it wouldnt start at all, so I took down the carbs and cleaned them - now it idles fine, but wont perform in the water. When going real slow in the harbor it lasted about 5 minutes under load, but hesitated and bogged down and died at the end. Managed to start it up and got to my spot. Tied it up and slowly increased throttle, it would pull hard on my lines, died when decreasing throttle though. Took it out again, going slow out of the harbor, immediately died when attempting to speed up out of harbor.
At this point I tried to get back, but it wouldnt start unless I put the warmup throttle lever straight up. Couldnt get it into gear without dying. Squeezed primer bulb which seemed stiff, finally got it into gear by throttling up with the warmup lever and then putting it into gear. Limped into harbor and pulled the boat out.
Gas is new, battery is fine. Have ordered new spark plugs, but still run on old ones.
Did i screw up the carb cleaning? Just blew compressed air through the most accessible ports after removing bowl, float and needle. Do I need to disassemble it further to access additional valves / jets? Let it stew in gas for a few hours.
I tightened up the fuel lines and replaced all carb gaskets after, but Ive yet to try it out. Any ideas?
At this point I tried to get back, but it wouldnt start unless I put the warmup throttle lever straight up. Couldnt get it into gear without dying. Squeezed primer bulb which seemed stiff, finally got it into gear by throttling up with the warmup lever and then putting it into gear. Limped into harbor and pulled the boat out.
Gas is new, battery is fine. Have ordered new spark plugs, but still run on old ones.
Did i screw up the carb cleaning? Just blew compressed air through the most accessible ports after removing bowl, float and needle. Do I need to disassemble it further to access additional valves / jets? Let it stew in gas for a few hours.
I tightened up the fuel lines and replaced all carb gaskets after, but Ive yet to try it out. Any ideas?